A 50-year-old American officer came back to h...

A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"

No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.

With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."

1.The old man came back to school_______.

A. to listen to a talk　　 B. to have lessons

C. to give a talk　　　　　 D. to see his children

2.The officer studied in this school when he was_______.

A. fifty　　　　 B. ten　　　　 C. twenty　　　　 D. thirty

3.The children were thought to be_______ before.

A. as good as　 B. as well as

C. as happy as　　 D. much happier than

4.The short boy in the front_______.

A. didn't understand the question but answered it

B. told the truth

C. wanted to make others laugh

D. wanted to make the officer angry

5.After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.

A. the short boy liked the talk very much

B. all the children liked the talk

C. the short boy didn't like to study his lessons

D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story

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A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"

No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.

With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."

1. The old man came back to school_______.

A. to listen to a talk　　 B. to have lessons

C. to give a talk　　　　　　 D. to see his children

2. The officer studied in this school when he was_______.

A. fifty　　　　 B. ten

C. twenty　　　　 D. thirty

3. The children were thought to be_______ before.

A. as good as　 B. as well as

C. as happy as　　 D. much happier than

4. The short boy in the front_______.

A. didn't understand the question but answered it

B. told the truth

C. wanted to make others laugh

D. wanted to make the officer angry

5.After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.

A. the short boy liked the talk very much

B. all the children liked the talk

C. the short boy didn't like to study his lessons

D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story

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One night a boss(老板) came back home and said to his 14-year-old son, “Something interesting happened to me today. A young man in my company(公司) 1.　 me he liked me best for being creative, and gave 　 2. a card. Then he gave me another one and asked me 　 3.　 find somebody important to me. When I was driving home this evening, I thought of you. I want to give you the 　 4.　 . I’m strict with you these days. 　 5. this evening, I just want to 　 6. you know that you are important to me. You are the 　 7. important person in my life. You are a great kid and I love you!” The boy started to cry. Then he told his 　 8.　 , “I was planning to leave home at once tomorrow, Dad, because I didn’t think you loved me. Now I don’t need to.”

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Tom was nine years old and he went to a school near his house. He went there on foot and came back home usually at 4 o’clock. But last Monday he was very late. His mother asked, “Why are you so late today, Tom?” “Because my teacher asked me to stay behind (留下)” Tom answered. “Why did the teacher make you stay behind?” the mother asked again. “Because no one could answer the teacher’s question except (除了)me,” Tom said. “What was the question?” his mother asked. “The question was ‘Who broke (打破) the window of the classroom?’” Tom said.

1.The school was _____________ Tom’s house.

2.Tom went to school _________________.

3.Last Monday Tom came home __________________.

4.---Why did Tom stay behind after school? ---Because_________________.

5.His mother might (可能) be very ________________when she heard about that.

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—When did he，to bed yesterday?

— 　　 .

A. By the time his mother came back　　 B. Not until his mother came back

C. Until his mother came back　　 D. Since his mother came back

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1.She _________(quick) ran back to the office. He left his key in the office _________(careless).

2.The two-year-old boy is very clever, and he can count from one to one hundred _________(easy).

3.What_________(love) girls!

4.Daniel is a _________ boy, and he always speaks to the old_________(polite).

5.The poor old man is_________(bad) ill, and he is much_________(bad) than he was yesterday.

6.Please look at the blackboard_________(clear).

7.She always answers the teacher’s questions _________(correct).

8.He spoke to me in a very_________(friend) way.

9.The shoes in your size sell_________ (well)and look_________(well).

10.The father can make his little girl smile_________(happy).

11.The article is about our_________(day)life.

12.The flower show is a_________(year) event in our town.

13.She is talking about the_________ (week)news.

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A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

The boy asked, "Daddy, how much do you make per hour?" The father was furious at his son's question.

When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.

The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.

"Maybe I was too hard on you just now," the man went into the room and said. "Here's the $10 you asked for."

"Oh, thank you, Daddy!" He said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled coins and said, "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A. $10.   B. $20.   C. $30.  D. $40

2.In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means ______.

A. very angry   B. quite happy   C. too excited   D. a little nervous

3.At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because ______.

A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use

D. the boy always borrowed money from him

4.The boy wanted to buy ______ with twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself     B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday   D. an hour of his father's time

5.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy's father ______.

A. often played with his son    B. spent little time with his son

C. didn’t love his son at all     D. often came back home early

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A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make  $20  an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down.He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy,could you lend me $10?” The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh,thank you,Daddy!.”he said happily.Then, the boy took out some coins.When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”the lillte boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.At first,the father didn’t lend the boy any money because ________.

2.In this passage,the underlined word “furious” means ________.

3.The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.

4.From the passage, we can infer that the boy’s father  ________ .

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A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” The father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.How much does the boy’s father make an hour?

2.The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.

3.At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.

4.The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.

5. From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the boy’s father ______.

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A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”

“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are so selfish!”

The little boy went to his room with no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you Daddy!” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” in Paragraph 5 means _________.

A. very angry　　         B. quite happy　　         C. too excited　         D. a little nervous

2.At first, the father didn’t lend the money because _________.

A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.

B. he did not have enough money at that moment

C. he thought the boy would buy something useless

D. the boy always borrowed money from him

3.The boy wanted to buy _________ with twenty dollars.

A. a new novel for himself　 　　　             B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday　　　             D. one hour of his father’s time

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